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2024 NBA Offseason

shopson67

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Are you pushing for no salary cap? A few owners would just buy all the great players. May as well go back to an 8 team league

Aren't we already there? 8 teams and 22 staggered versions of the Washington Generals? Especially if you look at a larger time frame.
 

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Aren't we already there? 8 teams and 22 staggered versions of the Washington Generals? Especially if you look at a larger time frame.

The league has been dominated by one of the most dominant players ever. Last year we had Dallas Minny Indiana and Boston. Not exactly an oligarchy of power there.
 

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And? I'm not opposed to no salary cap. I don't believe in punishing achievement and trying to put the best possible product on the floor. If an owner doesn't want to do that...sell the team. If the area they're in prevents it...move.

In short, I'm not a socialist.

If the league is going to insist on a salary cap, then do like I posted above and when a team is signing their own FA, only count a portion of their salary against the cap.

Competitive balance is needed for the league to succeed and to support a full roster of teams.

"Own FA" is too vague. Own drafted players or just anyone that was already on your roster?
 

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The league has been dominated by one of the most dominant players ever. Last year we had Dallas Minny Indiana and Boston. Not exactly an oligarchy of power there.

I'm sorry, one team didn't dominate the entire season? The others were just light obstacles for TV purposes.
 

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So?

And they are on a whopping one title.

There are only 8 franchises with more than 2 titles in the history of the NBA.

2 of the 3 teams with 2 titles haven't won in the past 29 years.

Rockets', Bulls' and Spurs' titles were short time frame tied to one dominant player, which could've applied to any team that had acquired that player.

The outlier titles are just that, outliers. Not very statistically relevant in the grand scheme.
 

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That Toad guy is a huge douche/asshat....not surprised at all.....

When I joined here in the summer of 2014 a bunch of us came over from Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation and a huge part of the refugees came from a private group....where there was hardly any moderation and people started testing boundaries quickly here.

Well, suffice to say I think myself, @Mecca of the “B” Team, @Wamu and @Cyder are the only ones left.....might be a few others I cannot remember.

But, most saw the ban-hammer warm up and banish them.

I don't remember that toad fella. Can't believe it's already been ten years. Why is it the older we get the faster time seems to go by?
 

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I don't remember that toad fella. Can't believe it's already been ten years. Why is it the older we get the faster time seems to go by?
Don't get me started, Wamy....

You know it doesn't take much....LOL.
 

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I don't remember that toad fella. Can't believe it's already been ten years. Why is it the older we get the faster time seems to go by?

Because you work all day and go to bed too early?
 
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